August 17th, 2013
Essex Town Hall / Library, Essex MA
Paint Essex – Wet Paint Auction

I just typed three paragraphs about this which my browser decided to delete so I’m a bit too miffed to patiently set it all down again. In a nutshell, I went into this event planning to paint what I know – the marsh – and adorn the piece with all the bells & whistles in order to dazzle my way to being able to afford the veterinary work my cat needs done.

But then I saw this crazy building, Essex Town Hall, and I was too intrigued by it to even thing about painting any thing else, even though I have never in my life (to my recollection) completed a painting of a building. Curiosity trumps commercial pandering every time with me, unfortunately. Here is a slide show of the process. As I said before, there are things I would fix about the painting now that I’m seeing it with refreshed eyes. However, I like it. And as a first building, a very complex building at that, I think that it’s pretty darn good.